Posts Tagged ‘talent’

Hanging On To the Wise

Posted in Workforce Planning on February 3rd, 2009 by Lois Melbourne – Be the first to comment

Business Week is reporting on what our customers are telling us.

Employers must pay attention to the experience in their workforce. Not only do you have to be careful about age discrimination, you also need to keep your wiser talent. Companies around the planet are tapping more into their experienced workers to help them realize excellence. The best teams appear to be a strong balance between the workers who are younger, ready to embrace and create new ways of producing productivity, and the experienced workers who have the wealth of intellectual capital. read more »

Thanksgiving

Posted in Blogging on November 26th, 2008 by Lois Melbourne – Be the first to comment

Do you know the talent sitting around your Thanksgiving extended family table? I remember when I first took my husband to a small town family reunion in rural Iowa. My extended family is a farming family, and they are nearly all based in the same community where they grew up. I knew it would be interesting for him to meet the characters I know as family. However, I was a little nervous about how long the conversations might hold his attention. Then we started talking to my cousin Steve. read more »